Before you accuse me of being a whiner, be aware that I understand user safety is a major reason for including the lid-lock feature, and I would never advocate or support unsafe laundry practices. But in the absence of direct observation, I just had to cross my fingers and hope the clothes were getting properly laundered. And because we live in an era of conspiracy theories, an ominous and disturbing question always lingered in the back of my mind—“Is there something they don’t want me to see?”